Emerging markets private equity investor Actis has partially exited its holding in Brazilian independent brokerage XP Investimentos by selling approximately half of its stake to global private equity firm General Atlantic. Actis had originally invested US$58 million in XP Investimentos in November 2010. Financial details of the transaction were… Read More
Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of global investment manager Franklin Templeton, has invested in Ecuadorian logistics company Tabacarcen S.A. Tababela Cargo Center. Tabacarcen is the logistics and cargo operator at Mariscal Sucre airport in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito. Darby made the investment through its Darby Latin… Read More
The Carlyle Group sold a portion of its holding in Brazilian health insurance provider Grupo Qualicorp, reducing its stake from 17.47 percent to 5.93 percent. BHCS FIP, an investment vehicle owned by Carlyle, sold 46 million shares on the BM&FBOVESPA stock exchange in an operation that was… Read More
Mexican consumer lending company Crédito Real, a portfolio company of Nexxus Capital, a Mexican private equity firm, held an initial public offering on the Mexican Stock Exchange on 17 October 2012. The offering, priced at MXN22 per share (US$1.72) raised MXN2.2 billion (US$173.6 million), not including overallotment options granted… Read More
Kinea Investimentos, the asset management subsidiary of Brazil’s Grupo Itaú, has agreed to purchase a stake in Brazilian health imaging company Delfin Group for BRL100 million (approximately US$47.9 million). Delfin manages six health imaging clinics in the northeastern region of Brazil. Following the investment, Kinea will share control of… Read More
Latin America-focused private equity firm Southern Cross Group has acquired more than 50 percent of Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla (SPRB), the operator of the Colombian port of Barranquilla. Southern Cross made the investment through its Southern Cross IV private equity fund. While financial details of the transaction were… Read More
Global technology-focused private equity firm Riverwood Capital and hedge fund Tiger Global Management have invested US$30 million in Navent, an operator of several Latin America-focused websites. Navent operates Brazilian and Mexican real estate rental websites ImovelWeb and Mercadoi, respectively, and Latin American job website Bumeran. Navent will use proceeds… Read More
Ultrapetrol, a Bahamas-based industrial marine transportation company, has agreed to sell approximately 78.38 percent of its outstanding common shares to Latin America-focused private equity firm Southern Cross Group for US$220 million. Southern Cross will invest in Ultrapetrol through Sparrow Capital Investments, a subsidiary of Southern Cross Latin America Private… Read More
Latin America-focused private equity real estate fund manager Southern Bridge Capital (SBC) has closed its SBC Latin America Housing Fund with committed capital of US$150 million in committed capital. SBC raised capital from public and private pension funds, multilaterals, funds of funds, charitable foundations and family offices. The fund… Read More
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